DISARMAMENT.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20100, 2 December 1930, Page 11

DISARMAMENT.

general ACT OF ARBITRATION. 'ggjXISH EMPIRE'S LEAD. (obms cmcm , SeC eired December Ist, 5.5 p.m.; RUGBY, November 30. i Voreign Secretary (Mr A. Henspeaking at Cardiff, referred 'JX Ration regarding disarma3rlr the terms of the General Act which he indicated that 1 Government was accepting, every 7*_ te WO uld be referred to an impartribunal. He added: "As rnit of discussions at the Imperial Terence, we -ay now hope that all governing Dominions will act with is taking this new, far-reaching step. •L British Commonwealth of Nations Lrj.2 g* en thß lead ' oth6r POTTerS i am certain, follow the example. shsU then have made another tstep forward toward the,ponipleof our system of safeguarding j»)inst war. 0a world disarmament the Governgjnt wM also in complete accord with til Dominions. The Preparatory Com--0B Disarmament at Geneva was ng very satisfactory progress, and wold Jiot appraise too highly the Ark of Lord Cecil. He continued: 'fkialy we must have some limitaaDß of the man-power to be maintained. j| the Treaty comes into operation we (jithare some limitation of material; « unit bava publicity so we can know lilt otter Governments are doing; we salt have some sort of supervision and t«trol by an Imperial League of Xitiflas Commission, whose task shall M to assure that the limits included a til Dtoroament Treaty will be sublet to revision, and if the experience if tbi first five years shows that the fusty assets Improvement, we shall be ia tfc» happy position to set about makof titt improvement. When we have verk of the Preparatory Commia- ■« eomploted we hope that before »»w wnaflM there will be fixed a Disjrnuwnt Conference representing the vMe world."